CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. 14699.

304 F.2d 845 (1962)

CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, for and on Behalf of the MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS & WATER DIVISION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard I. Fricke, Dearborn, Mich., McDonald, Kuhn, McDonald, Crenshaw & Smith, Memphis, Tenn., on brief; Richard B. Darragh, Dearborn, Mich., of counsel, for defendant-appellant.

Charles C. Crabtree, Memphis, Tenn., Frank B. Gianotti, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before McALLISTER and O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judges, and STARR, Senior District Judge.


McALLISTER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Ford Motor Company from a judgment of the district court in favor of appellee, City of Memphis, in the amount of $252,576.78, claimed to have been the amount due, with interest, under a contract between Ford and the City of Memphis.

The background of the case is as follows: Ford maintained an assembly plant in Memphis for more than twenty years until January, 1959, when it sold the property. During the period...

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